After Tu Shenshui entered the palace, he immediately went to the bookstore. When he opened the door, he saw a familiar thing on the shelf, which was the makeup knife he gave to Xia Jushuang.

"General Zuo? Why are you back? Shouldn't you be at the border right now?"

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Li Luosu looked up, and was surprised to find that it was Tu Shenshui standing in front of him.

"Or is it that the battle at the border is over, and I don't know that you will return to the court?"

When Tu Shenshui heard Li Luosu's words, he immediately calmed down, but the finger wrench he was holding in his hand hurt him a lot, reminding him of his reason for coming.

He looked at Li Luosu's right hand, and found that something he usually wore was indeed missing from his thumb.

"General, what am I asking you?"

Tu submerged in the water to calm his mind, bowed his hands to salute him, and said: "Your Majesty, I have to report something important this time when I rushed back to the capital. I have led people to find out the reason why Jing Guo stationed troops on the border. The reason why they sent troops is because I received false news that our country was going to send troops to attack them, but because I didn't know what our country's military strength was, I stopped at [-] miles outside Hongyan Pass. His Majesty reports."

"This... is indeed an extremely important matter, but the general does not need to come back in person. An urgent secret report within [-] miles is enough."

"Because I don't know whether it is the fake news spread by someone with a heart in another country or in the country, I am afraid that a traitor will tip off the news, so I came back in person... In short, I was rude, and I ask your majesty to forgive me."

As he said that, he knelt down to plead guilty, and Li Luosu quickly reached out to help him up when he saw this.

"No matter what, the general is thinking about the country and me. Why is there any crime? Besides, since I have given you full power to handle the border war, you can judge everything by yourself. I think you will come back, the border affairs Is everything already arranged?"

"……Yes."

Li Luosu nodded, and said: "That's good, since that's the case, as long as you find out who spread the news, I will send someone to investigate. General, you look so bad, it must have been hard for you to return to Beijing overnight, so let's go first." Go back and have a good rest."

"Yes, I retire."

After Tu Shenshui left, Li Luosu felt more and more strange in his heart, so he sent someone to investigate the matter.

***

Duanmu Yao has been in a hidden cave in this mountain for three days.

He untied the bandage on his abdomen, and used the herbs he picked near the hole to replace it with a new one. Looking at the wound that had finally stopped bleeding and began to heal slowly, he remembered the night he was attacked in the medicine hut three days ago.

Obviously he has nothing to do with the court, but he still refuses to let him go?

When he thought of the other party's attack vowing to eradicate the weeds, he couldn't help worrying about Mei Shiliang and Tao Youran who were idle in Beijing, and hoped that they would be fine.

The wound was still aching, and his thoughts were a little confused, when there were slight footsteps coming from the entrance of the cave.

"You are still here."

Qu Changlan stood there alone, holding his black cat in his arms and a food box in his hand.

"How do you feel now? I brought you some food, medicinal materials and new gauze, and I'll bring you some change of clothes next time."

"I'm fine now, you don't need to be so troublesome, be careful to bring too many things and be targeted by those people."

He watched Qu Changlan put the cat on the ground, and waved to it gently: "Xiao Hei, come here, let me see how you are? Are you injured?"

The black cat walked over to lick his hand, then lay on his lap, raised its paws, closed its eyes and began to purr softly.

Duanmu Yao stroked it, and his mood improved a lot, and his complexion looked better than before.

Qu Changlan put down the food box and set the table and chopsticks for him: "Yu Rong, let's eat first, you haven't had a good rest these days, let alone still hungry, if it wasn't for Xiao Hei who came to me the morning before yesterday and bit me Yijiao desperately dragged me to the medicine house, I'm afraid I'll never see you again."

On the night of being attacked, Duanmu Yao used his familiarity with the terrain to get rid of those killers, fled into the mountain where he used to gather medicine when he was a child, and found this cave that he accidentally discovered when he was sheltering from the wind and rain with Duanmu Song.

But he didn't expect that Qu Changlan would find him the next afternoon, and it turned out that it was all thanks to Xiao Hei.

"I was saved by you ten years ago, but I didn't expect to be saved by you again ten years later."

"Meow."

Duanmuyao looked at him and asked, "What's the situation at the foot of the mountain?"

Qu Changlan said: "After knowing what happened to you, I told Governor An. After all, Master Qianmu had saved his life before. He was also very angry and sent troops to search, but there is no news yet. Don’t worry, after the folks found out about your accident, they spontaneously found people to take turns to guard and repair it, and no suspicious person appeared there again.”

"That's good...but even then you have to be careful."

"I'm fine. Presumably they won't attack me, who still has an official position, or it will be troublesome if I get involved."

"It's not clear what the other party is thinking. I'm probably just something that was solved incidentally. Perhaps the most worrying thing now is Qinghan and Yannian who are still idle in the capital."

Seeing him frowning, Qu Changlan comforted: "No, I haven't heard any rumors from the capital, and I have already written to them to tell them to be careful... In short, you should eat first, otherwise it will be cold." gone."

"Ah."

While eating, Duanmuyao thought of Li Luosu and the time the two had spent together in the past ten years, and gently rubbed his forehead.

Hope nothing happens to the little guy.

***

When Tu Shenshui returned home from the palace, he went straight into the ancestral hall.

"...Ah Shuang, I'm sorry."

He reached into the ice coffin, untied Xia Jushuang's collar, and saw a pair of purple-red handprints on his blue and white neck, and there were some raised marks on the edge of the thumbprint on his right hand, the shape of which was similar to that of his hand. The wrench in it is exactly the same.

"The general is back, it seems that you have confirmed what I said before."

Tu submerged and looked back, only to find that Poppy was still there.

"I don't know what your Majesty's reaction was when he saw you suddenly?"

"...His Majesty's reaction is normal."

Su Ying smiled and said: "After all, you are the emperor, of course you have learned not to show emotions, but after you go, His Majesty must still be suspicious, and now he has probably sent someone to investigate your unauthorized return to Beijing. "

"Piao Poppie, this matter should have nothing to do with you, but what exactly do you want to do now?"

Tu Shenshui knew that the original Shangshu of the Ministry of War was not a good person to deal with, even if this person had some plans now, he didn't want to bother thinking about it anymore, Xia Jushuang's death hit him too hard , even though this matter is full of doubts, he always thinks repeatedly in his heart that it would be fine if he had not agreed to Li Luosu's expedition, or if he had made up his mind earlier, maybe he could still be with him in the Mixiang Pavilion now. Spend the night together.

"Twenty-two years ago, an elite army guarding the border of Xue State with the symbol of 酴醾花 suddenly disappeared mysteriously overnight. After that, Xue State's defense line collapsed thousands of miles away. A general with the surname of Tu with outstanding military exploits, like a God of War descended from heaven, was highly appreciated by the late emperor, but I heard that the general of that elite army was also surnamed Tu, do you think it is a coincidence?"

"...Where did you get this information?"

The sound of the sinking water was as cold as the cold wind outside the Great Wall that could turn dripping water into ice, but there was a great fire burning in his heart.

"General, do you still remember the Palace Banquet of the Lotus Watching Festival this year? The assassins who suddenly appeared are the descendants of this army, and before that, the Ministry of War has already caught the remnants of Xue Guo who were active in the country. They are all without exception. They all have the symbol of the 酴醾花 tattooed in the hair behind the ears."

It turned out that the elite team under my father had always been there...

Tu Shenshui recalled how Tu Fenglai was invincible on the battlefield back then, and how he took his own who was only a few years old at that time to march and fight together and celebrate the victory together.

At that time, he once asked Tu Fenglai why he brought a child of him to fight with him when the battlefield was so dangerous, and Tu Fenglai said to him: "It is because you are by my side that I can use all my strength to deal with the enemy. To protect your safety, as long as I am with you, I will be invincible."

However, in the battle 22 years ago, it was the first time that he did not accompany him on the battlefield, because he was going to meet the little prince who was sent by Emperor Zheng to confront him for his father. There was news of the collapse of the border defense line, and then my father disappeared for a while, and when he reappeared, he had become General Zuo of Rongguo.

Since then, their family has never set foot on the land of the motherland again.

"Perhaps you originally wanted to get rid of the first emperor and restore the country with your own hands, but the first emperor is dead and the new emperor is still here, and your former compatriots are still hiding in this world and living meekly without even having a name."

Poppy's voice pulled him back from his long memories: "I know that your desire for revenge has never disappeared. I have already cleared away those people who are in the way around the little emperor. You can do whatever you want next." Is it up to you to choose?"

Tu Shenshui pulled out the knife at his waist and pointed at him, "Aren't you afraid that I will hand you over now?"

Poppy looked at the sharp tip of the knife that was less than half an inch away from his heart, smiled, leaned forward slightly, and reached up: "Even if the general really kills me, then you can no longer protect yourself family, and the ones you love."

He glanced at the ice coffin, and continued: "Watching the people you love die without being able to protect them or avenge them, I believe you have experienced it more than once, right?"

The nightmare that appeared in his childhood once again clamored in Tu Shenshui's mind. He tried his best to stabilize his mind, looked at the person in front of him, and said, "Then what do you want by doing this?"

"Me? I don't want anything. I just want to watch a show. I want to see what the proud man sitting on the throne will look like after losing. That must be the most beautiful scenery in the world." Well, what do you think? General Zuo.”

Tu Shenshui remained silent, Poppy left his knife: "I will give the general time to think about it, if you want to restore the country, then give me a message tonight."

After speaking, he stepped out the door.

Watching Poppy's leaving back, Tu Muxiang who had been staying in the side room of the ancestral hall quietly covered her mouth.

***

Poppy returned to the mansion, and her informant was already waiting in the study.

"My lord, I have stopped the letter from Yangzhou Taishou's mansion."

Poppy opened the letter and saw that Duanmu Yao had disappeared in an accident and it was signed by Qu Changlan, so she couldn't help laughing.

"You go and send a few more people to watch and cut off the five of them and all connections with the palace."

"Yes."

Poppy took a sip of tea, looked at the winter peonies blooming in the garden outside the window, and thought that she might receive good news tonight.

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